Reproductive science and integrated conservation / edited by William V. Holt ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holt, W. V.

Series:

Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England) ; 8.

Conservation biology ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation biology.

Reproduction.

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Genetics, Population.

Ecology.

Animals, Wild.

Breeding.

Medical Subjects:

Reproduction.

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Genetics, Population.

Animals, Wild.

Breeding.

Physical Description:

xv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Contents:

1 Toward more effective reproductive science for conservation / David E. Wildt, Susie Ellis, Donald Janssen, Jennifer Buff 2

Part II Reproduction and population viability 21

2 Behaviour and reproduction / Alan Dixson, Nancy Harvey, Marilyn Patton, Joanna Setchell 24

3 Nutrition and its interaction with reproductive processes / Tom G. McEvoy, John J. Robinson 42

4 Environmental chemicals and the threat to male fertility in mammals: evidence and perspective / Helen S. Baillie, Allan A. Pacey, Harry D. M. Moore 57

5 Assessing the consequences of inbreeding for population fitness: past challenges and future prospects / Andrea C. Taylor 67

6 Impacts of inbreeding on components of reproductive success / Karen Koeninger Ryan, Robert C. Lacy, Susan W. Margulis 82

7 The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in declining populations: an example of adaptive variation / Philip Hedrick 97

8 When is the birth rate the key factor associated with population dynamics? / Tim Coulson, Elodie Hudson 114

Part III Reproductive techniques for conservation management 129

9 Reproductive and welfare monitoring for the management of ex situ populations / Amanda R. Pickard 132

10 Non-invasive endocrine measures of reproduction and stress in wild populations / Steven L. Monfort 147

11 Ultrasound for analysis of reproductive function in wildlife species / Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Janine L. Brown, Robert Hermes, Frank Goritz 166

12 Role of embryo technologies in genetic management and conservation of wildlife / Naida M. Loskutoff 183

13 Application of nuclear transfer technology to wildlife species / J. K. Critser, L. K. Riley, R. S. Prather 195

Part IV Integrated conservation management 209

14 Integrating reproductive sciences into recovery programmes for declining and extinct marsupial populations / Peter D. Temple-Smith 211

15 Captive breeding and predator control: a successful strategy for conservation in Western Australia / Terry Fletcher, Keith Morris 232

16 Black-footed ferret: model for assisted reproductive technologies contributing to in situ conservation / Jogayle Howard, Paul E. Marinari, David E. Wildt 249

17 Genetic resource banks for species conservation / W. V. Holt, Teresa Abaigar, P. F. Watson, D. E. Wildt 267

18 Fertility control for wildlife / John C. Rodger 281

19 Contraceptive vaccine development / Karen E. Mate, Lyn A. Hinds 291

20 Field applications of fertility control for wildlife management / Phil Cowan, Roger Pech, Paul Curtis 305

Part V Reproduction science in non-mammalian species 319

21 Reproductive technologies and challenges in avian conservation and management / Ann M. Donoghue, Juan Manuel Blanco, George F. Gee, Yvonne K. Kirby, David E. Wildt 321

22 Reptile reproduction and endocrinology / Valentine A. Lance 338

23 Reproductive research and the worldwide amphibian extinction crisis / Terri L. Roth, Amy R. Obringer 359

24 Reproduction in fishes in relation to conservation / Gordon McGregor Reid, Heather Hall 375

25 Postscript - sex, wildlife and vindication / W. V. Holt, A. R. Pickard, J. C. Rodger, D. E. Wildt 396.

Notes:

"Smithsonian National Zoological Park, ZSL Living Conservation, Marsupial CRC."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521812151

0521011108

OCLC:

49626562

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